New selectors name white-ball squads for Zimbabwe tour
The new cricket selection committee led by Upul Tharanga has recalled off-spinner Akila Dananjaya to white-ball cricket–two years after the 30-year-old last represented Sri Lanka–while veteran batter Angelo Mathews has been brought back to the T20 side in the preliminary squads announced for the forthcoming home series against Zimbabwe. Dananjaya, who represents Colts, has been [...]
Kandy bounce back to down Airmen
After being forced to trail in the first half by a mere point, defending SLR Nippon Paint Club Rugby League title holders, Kandy SC bounced back to record a thumping 30-13 win against an energized Air Force unit in their fourth week match played at Ratmalana yesterday. Kandy SC had to shift their strategy following [...]
Chandana, Kandambi to join national coaching setup
Former cricketers Upul Chandana and Thilina Kandambi will join the Sri Lanka national team coaching staff for the upcoming ODI and T20I series against Zimbabwe. Chandana will work with fielding coach Anton Roux to improve the team’s fielding standards. Sri Lanka’s fielding performance in the World Cup was subpar, with the team recording the highest [...]
National discard Dinesh Chandimal guides Army over Chilaw Marians
Dinesh Chandimal’s impressive 61, including six boundaries and a six, led Army SC to a comfortable 7-wicket victory over Chilaw Marians in the Major Club Limited Over match played at the Army ground in Dombagoda yesterday. After bowling out the Chilaw Marians for just 143 runs, Chandimal provided a strong start with a 55-run partnership [...]
Havies clinch third win, beat Police
Havelocks recorded their third win of the ongoing SLR Nippon Club Rugby League Tournament, as they overcame Police SC by 16-5 in a fourth week encounter played at Police Park yesterday. The winners were initially given a scare by the Cops, but they managed to thwart all challenges clinically to gain a healthy lead of [...]
Vimath, Ryan steer St. Sebastian’s
A high-scoring Inter-School cricket match between Trinity College and St. Sebastian College, played at Moratuwa, concluded with a first-inning victory for St. Sebastian’s as they reached 358 for 7 in response to Trinity’s total of 357. Resuming from their overnight score of 341 for 9, Trinity added a further 16 runs before being bowled out [...]
The year that was
January Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka won the Men’s and Women’s Singles titles at the Australian Open. Sri Lanka U-23 win the third place at the Under-23 Central Asian Volleyball Championship held in Bangladesh. Former parliamentarian J. Sri Ranga was elected as the President of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL). India completed a [...]
Intelligence and personality; missing link in development?
Countries in our region never had so many world beaters in tennis. The number of players in globally recognised ranking from Asia, even now, extremely small and too low in ‘performing-ability’. This year only South Korea was in the Davis Cup final round. It is somewhat so in King’s Cup for women. Performances in Davis [...]
Entries called for Uva Open
Excitement is building as applications are now officially called for the highly anticipated Uva Provincial Open Badminton Championship. Hosted by the Uva Province Badminton Association under the close supervision of the Sri Lanka Badminton, this championship promises to be a highlight on the badminton calendar. Scheduled to take place from January 12 to 18, the [...]
BWF Level 1 Coach Education Programme completed
Aiming at elevating the coaching standards within the country, 30 coaches from Sri Lanka achieved the BWF Level 1 certification following an intensive training procedure, organised under the BWF Level 1 Coach Education Programme. Conducted by the Sri Lanka Badminton (SLB) Training and Development Committee, led by Buddhika de Silva, the programme attracted a diverse [...]